How's your body?

ROAAAR

In the last year or less I've begun to notice my body is no longer in it's prime. I used to think I'd never feel my body slow down but playing football I'm not as fast as I once was. My joints hurt after exercising now and my metabolism is slowing right down. Also I can no longer handle hangovers and they leave me feeling really ill afterwards nowadays. It's just all been very sudden and happened since turning 28.
Can others relate to this? It's a horrible thought to realise that my best days are behind me. I'll be fit for the glue factory soon.

Generic Dreadhead

Wait till you hit 29, that's when the real downhill slope starts

Pumpkinseeds

Talk to me when you're in your 40's. I suspect my arse is large enough be used to rest a pint on.:D

fussyonion

Bangin'.

ROAAAR

But before this year I really felt like I was going uphill, I was peaking, peaking and then bam, I'm going downhill. It feels like everything is coming to an end.

MathDebater

Gave up the cancer sticks for the new year and feel like a new dude. 28 now and been on them since I was 13. It feels great to be able to play astro turf now and not be put to shame by the 54 year old lad. As for the metabolism, it feels great to actually have taste buds again.

hoodwinked

you know people always tell me they still feel like they are 18 in their heads while it's their body's that slow them down and makes them feel old, i guess there is some truth to this,

in my head i feel like i am still 21 (although i barely remember being 18 so that could be why i feel 21), i'm actually nearer to 31!

my body on the other hand, went rock climbing yesterday and all my joints today feel heavy and sore, i figured i just need to get fitter though now you have me worrying i'm just too old for that kind of malarky! :eek:

Aenaes

Too sexy for my shirt.

kneemos

Christ,thought you were 60 the way you were going in.

Get a check up and blood tests.

ROAAAR

I need to quit the cigarettes myself
To be honest I think I need one big detox and see how my body feels after that.

nokia69

I'm the perfect weight for this size and shape

MathDebater

ROAAAR wrote: »

I need to quit the cigarettes myself
To be honest I think I need one big detox and see how my body feels after that.

For petes sake, no wonder you feel this way if you smoke. Give Alan Carrs book a whirl or take up vaping.

Galwayguy35

I'm 40 now and never felt better.

kumate_champ07

28 is still very young in terms of athletic abilities, unless you've been training full time since the age of 12 you haven't worn out your body

Im sure if you have a car you get it serviced and dont just go for drives expecting it to always operate optimally. just learn how to take care of your body, you could 'easily' get faster/fitter/stronger over the next decade compared to previously if you decide its worth the effort


bodies wear down over time depending how you treat them, somethings arent reversible but others are to some degree

fermanagh_man

Still got it

biko

At least I have all my own teeth still

smash

Men age like a fine wine, women like milk. So at least you're male OP!

ROAAAR

I think from right now I'm going to actively make changes to my lifestyle. I'm going to cut up my cigarettes right now and put them in the bin and not have a drink for the rest of the month.

MathDebater

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

28 is still very young in terms of athletic abilities

My new maxim. Hope springs eternal!

PARlance

ROAAAR wrote: »

I think from right now I'm going to actively make changes to my lifestyle. I'm going to cut up my cigarettes right now and put them in the bin and not have a drink for the rest of the month.

Good man. The first step is always to tell a bunch of strangers. No stopping you now.

ROAAAR

Got to get serious about this

MathDebater

ROAAAR wrote: »

I think from right now I'm going to actively make changes to my lifestyle. I'm going to cut up my cigarettes right now and put them in the bin and not have a drink for the rest of the month.

Are you stubborn? The books etc work for some. I convinced myself that 'I don't smoke'. That worked for me. Used to smoke fifteen a day but any attempts to cut down stopped and started after a session.

fxotoole

I'm a veritable Adonis. And I'm so modest, too.

InTheTrees

ROAAAR wrote: »

I think from right now I'm going to actively make changes to my lifestyle. I'm going to cut up my cigarettes right now and put them in the bin and not have a drink for the rest of the month.

Well duh.

You're probably not deteriorating from age at all but from toxins from smoking.

Quit smoking and you'll probably go right back to normal again.

MathDebater

ROAAAR wrote: »

Got to get serious about this

Good man!

kumate_champ07

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

28 is still very young in terms of athletic abilities, unless you've been training full time since the age of 12 you haven't worn out your body

Im sure if you have a car you get it serviced and dont just go for drives expecting it to always operate optimally. just learn how to take care of your body, you could 'easily' get faster/fitter/stronger over the next decade compared to previously if you decide its worth the effort


bodies wear down over time depending how you treat them, somethings arent reversible but others are to some degree

Heavy heavy smoker but that hasn't affected much as far as I can tell. Balding since 25 though and hadn't done physical exercise in about 7 years till I started cycling for the commute a month back. It doesn't make me feel better but I'm glad I can do it.
I teach English a second language and I work like fek so I think being in a classroom and walking so much kept me going without knowing it.

kunst nugget

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

I'm 40 now and never felt better.

I know what you mean. The older I get, the more amazing my sense of touch becomes.

runawaybishop

ROAAAR wrote: »

In the last year or less I've begun to notice my body is no longer in it's prime. I used to think I'd never feel my body slow down but playing football I'm not as fast as I once was. My joints hurt after exercising now and my metabolism is slowing right down. Also I can no longer handle hangovers and they leave me feeling really ill afterwards nowadays. It's just all been very sudden and happened since turning 28.
Can others relate to this? It's a horrible thought to realise that my best days are behind me. I'll be fit for the glue factory soon.

Metabolism doesn't slow much with age, exercise is the driving factor. Give up the smokes.

Conor Bourke

The police are after me. I'm so gorgeous they want to arrest me :cool:

suicide_circus

To paraphrase dylan moran, my body looks like an old duvet that has been through the washing machine

The Diabolical Monocle

Watched calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr there the other night.
They were late 30's and fighting for the belt.
Mayweather and pacuiao will both be mid - late 30s in the fight of the decade.
Doubt theres a 20 year old who could last a round with either of them.

Also there was some nun who was running long distance in her 60's/70's, you can google it urself im too tired after my bingo.

Also hilarious comedian and now confirmed mentalist eddie izzard recently ran about 20 marathons in 20 days covering the border distance of the UK and he's no spring chicken.

MathDebater

InTheTrees wrote: »

Well duh.

You're probably not deteriorating from age at all but from toxins from smoking.

Quit smoking and you'll probably go right back to normal again.

Have you met a smoker? We convince ourselves that our health problems don't stem from the elephant in the room. I got my first filling last year and my dentist recommended that I get my chompers destained. 'Cutting back on my cuppas, staining my teeth.'

kunst nugget

ROAAAR wrote: »

Got to get serious about this

You'll be trying to stick them back together with your spittle and sellotape before the night is done…

The Diabolical Monocle

smash wrote: »

Men age like a fine wine, women like milk. So at least you're male OP!

Men age like Sean Connery whereas women age like Sean Connery.

MathDebater

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Watched calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr there the other night.
They were late 30's and fighting for the belt.
Mayweather and pacuiao will both be mid - late 30s in the fight of the decade.
Doubt theres a 20 year old who could last a round with either of them.

Sergio Martinez. Forty now but he only came to the fore in his late thirties. Pack and Money didn't want to know him at his peak. 36 or 37!

MathDebater

Deleted User wrote: »

Heavy heavy smoker but that hasn't affected much as far as I can tell. Balding since 25 though and hadn't done physical exercise in about 7 years till I started cycling for the commute a month back. It doesn't make me feel better but I'm glad I can do it.
I teach English a second language and I work like fek so I think being in a classroom and walking so much kept me going without knowing it.

Try the cycle without being a smoker. I make my commute via bicycle but started to enjoy it after giving up.

Where are you teaching English, btw?

InTheTrees

MathDebater wrote: »

Have you met a smoker? We convince ourselves that our health problems don't stem from the elephant in the room. I got my first filling last year and my dentist recommended that I get my chompers destained. 'Cutting back on my cuppas, staining my teeth.'

Oh yeah. I was there once too.

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Whispered

I'm 31, had a baby 3 months ago. While my body isn't looking it's best, I'm feeling absolutely great and have more body confidence than I ever did for some reason.

kunst nugget

InTheTrees wrote: »

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

I found it surprisingly easy. I gave myself a date I was quitting by and stuck to it. Haven't smoked in over two years. When I found myself having mini-panic attacks about the thoughts of never smoking again before I actually gave up, I just thought to myself 'this is total nonsense.' I tried reading Allen Carr but the writing was so terrible, I gave up on that. Apart from a couple of minor twinges and hankerings over the first couple of days, there wasn't any issues. I went cold turkey because those nicotine replacement substitutes are giving you the once thing you're trying to get out of your system - a load of nonsense imo.

When you're a smoker, it's very easy to play the martyr to your addiction - I know because I did it too. Just give them up.

MathDebater

InTheTrees wrote: »

Oh yeah. I was there once too.

Quitting was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

I started when they were £1.97 for a pack of ten. Just before the euro change over. Today, the bastards are at €10 for 20 or €11.50 for 25.

It's a crazy expensive habit. Break it down to purely financial terms and nobody would smoke. I've a 'jar' I keep where I throw in my usual daily spend on smokes. For example, I'd withdraw €20. Go to my local small shop. Buy smokes, the paper. Buy a cup of tea and have the chat with x. A packet of green extra as I'm sure my breath is stinking. All adds up.

I don't always like how it looks, but my body can do things that it couldn't (or, didn't) 10 years ago.

I'm pretty fit - in the literal sense! and I get fitter the older I get.

MathDebater

Whispered wrote: »

I'm 31, had a baby 3 months ago. While my body isn't looking it's best, I'm feeling absolutely great and have more body confidence than I ever did for some reason.

Congratulations on the wee 'un and I hope all is well.

My missus used to be obsessed with training and her body look. I'm in the chef game so love going out to eat. Before she gave birth it was 'that sounds amazing, but I can't eat that' when reading the menu. To 'I'm having that, those other bitches haven't been through child birth!'

Maximus Alexander

Being 28 won't do that to you OP - I'd see a doctor. You should be at your peak right now.

It's terrible. I used to call the fire brigade to get me out of bed, but then their crane broke. Then I fell through the ceiling and broke the sofa and cracked the foundation slab. Then they had to take out the windows to get me out of the house and used three ambulances side by side with the windows down to get me to hospital. Then the lift in the hospital broke, and it was supposed to hold up to 12 persons. I'm a whole lotta woman.

Real women have curves don'tcha know.






I'm a puny weakling

Areyouwell

ROAAAR wrote: »

. It's just all been very sudden and happened since turning 28.

Jaysus, don't book the undertakers just yet. You're only 28 ffs.

Pretzill

smash wrote: »

Men age like a fine wine, women like milk. So at least you're male OP!

If that's the case I'm at the buttermilk stage now, makes great scones!

LadyAthame

HOT!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Ah it's middling. I am noticing a bit of a slow-down, as in I have to work a bit to maintain a level of fitness that I wouldn't have given a thought to four years ago, and hangovers are definitely gone up a notch.

But I was one of the lucky ones in my teens and early twenties who could live on sugar, nicotine, alcohol and other bad things for days without feeling it or putting on weight. I'm 26 now and I can't do that anymore, but it's kind of coincided nicely with not being bothered with doing that anymore either. I'm sure if I cut out the fags and was a bit better about what I eat I'd feel great.

Son Of A Vidic

ROAAAR wrote: »

It's a horrible thought to realise that my best days are behind me.

Ah will ya give over, you're not even 30 yet and your whole life is in front of you. If you want to feel old then you'll feel old. But don't fret OP, because your best days will be in front of you, it just depends on your mindset. My Dad (RIP) was 86 when he passed, but he had the mindset of a 25 year old all his life. That's why he outlived all his friends, they felt old, acted old and gave up. My Dad loved life till the last, "You'll be a long time dead" was his motto. I'm only a quarter of the man he was, but I'll always try to live how he lived.

ROAAAR

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Ah will ya give over, you're not even 30 yet and your whole life is in front of you. If you want to feel old then you'll feel old. But don't fret OP, because your best days will be in front of you, it just depends on your mindset. My Dad (RIP) was 86 when he passed, but he had the mindset of a 25 year old all his life. That's why he outlived all his friends, they felt old, acted old and gave up. My Dad loved life till the last, "You'll be a long time dead" was his motto. I'm only a quarter of the man he was, but I'll always try to live how he lived.

I meant that solely referring to my athletic ability.

Harry Palmr

I'm in a state of mild decrepitude.